New Zealand's film critics have collectively named Phantom Thread the greatest film of 2018.
It tops a list of the year's 10 best movies that also includes the latest Mission: Impossible sequel, several horror movies and - for the first time - a film that was only released in Aotearoa via Netflix.
Phantom Thread is a darkly comic period drama from Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) that marked the final performance of three-time Best Actor Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis.
The list was voted on by reviewers from Flicks.co.nz, Newshub, NZ Herald, Stuff, The Listener, Radio NZ, 95bFM, the Dominion Post, NBR, The Pantograph Punch, the Sunday Star-Times and more.
Get Out topped the list in 2017, while Hell or High Water did in 2016.
The top 10 films of 2018 according to New Zealand critics are as follows:
1) Phantom Thread
2) Mission: Impossible - Fallout
3) Hereditary
4) Leave No Trace
5) First Reformed
6) The Favourite
7) A Quiet Place
8) Mandy
9) Annihilation
10) Widows
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